> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.platform.statista.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Welcome to the Statista API Documentation

## Step 1: Set up

The first step to embedding rich data into your product is setting up your environment.

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  <Card title="Request an API key" icon="key" href="request-api-key">
    Request an API key to get started
  </Card>
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## Step 2: Explore API

Use the Statista API to explore data, embed into your search results - or something
completely new.

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  <Card title="Playground" icon="rocket" href="/api-reference/discovery-advanced/get-search-statistics">
    Get started quickly by running a curl command
  </Card>

  <Card title="Explore API Reference" icon="code" href="/api-reference/introduction">
    Learn more about the data you can retrieve with the Statista API
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get started with MCP Server" icon="code" href="/mcp-server/introduction">
    Integrate Statista data into Claude, Gemini and OpenAI
  </Card>

  <Card title="Explore prompt library" icon="code" href="/prompt-library/statista-researcher">
    Start building agents with vetted system prompts
  </Card>
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